trepanger

The collector, or fisher, of trepang is a trepanger.

Using Daeng Rangka, the last Makassan trepanger to visit Australia, lived well into the 20th century and the history of his voyages are therefore well documented.

Using Daeng Rangka, also known as Husein Daeng Rangka (1845 - 1927) was the last Makassan trepanger, an Indonesian sea cucumber harvester, to visit Australia.

He recalled generally positive but occasionally conflicting relationships with Indigenous Australians, and was the first trepanger to pay the South Australian government trepanging licence in 1883, an impost that made the trade less viable.

Amongst his work in this perious is the watercolour Murray Isles, which depicts the islanders coming out to trade; The English Company's Islands: Probasso, a Malay Chief, a portrait of a Macassan trepanger chieftain; and several watercolour copies of Aboriginal cave paintings.